The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what ...
... tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what ...
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... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may ...
... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may ...
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... tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard . In this ...
... tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard . In this ...
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... tragedy of Phædra , but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the exhibition of Phædra , died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem ...
... tragedy of Phædra , but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the exhibition of Phædra , died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem ...
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... tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he says , very little use , but which the collector considered as a valuable stock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life connected him with ...
... tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he says , very little use , but which the collector considered as a valuable stock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life connected him with ...
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